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Chencharu's plans: what's open around Khatib now, and what HDB has planned

HDB is building a new neighbourhood of about 10,000 homes at Chencharu by 2040, with the development at Chencharu Close on its new community avenue. Here's what you can use today, what's being built, and what is still a plan.

Published
21 Oct 2026
Last fact-checked
21 Oct 2026
Reading time
4 min
Next review
21 Dec 2026

Filed underNew launch

Map of Khatib and Yishun. The Chencharu Close site, outlined in gold, sits west of Khatib MRT station, beside the neighbourhood park and HomeTeamNS Khatib, with Peiying Primary School just to its north-east and the new Chencharu Hills and Chencharu Grove HDB projects to its west and north. Yishun MRT, Northpoint City and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital are about 1.4 to 1.7 km to the north-east, Yishun Stadium and Lower Seletar Reservoir Park to the south.
The Chencharu Close site (gold) with Khatib MRT, the park, HomeTeamNS and the two HDB projects being built beside it. Tap the map to open it full size. · Map: OneMap © contributors | Singapore Land Authority. Site outline: contains information from the Master Plan 2025 Land Use Layer accessed on 21 Oct 2026 from URA via data.gov.sg, made available under the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0. Drawn by JamesWongHomes.com Select the picture to open it full size.

Quick answer

HDB's 2024 masterplan for Chencharu covers 70 hectares west of Khatib MRT: around 10,000 new homes by 2040, at least 80% of them public housing, with a mixed-use development of a bus interchange, hawker centre and shops along a new community avenue, a new park around a century-old bungalow, and a 400 m bus-only road. The station, park, HomeTeamNS and Khatib Central are open today. Two BTO projects are being built; the integrated development, community avenue and new park have no confirmed opening dates yet.

The options at a glance

Option 1

Open now

Khatib MRT, the park, HomeTeamNS, Khatib Central, the stadium.

Option 2

New HDB flats

Chencharu Hills and Chencharu Grove, BTO projects launched beside the site.

Option 3

Planned

The bus-only road, the new park and bungalow, and the wider estate to 2040.

Key takeaways

  • HDB's plan: around 10,000 new homes at Chencharu by 2040, of which at least 80% will be public housing.
  • Along a new community avenue is a mixed-use development with a bus interchange, hawker centre and shops: the site sold in September 2025, where the development at Chencharu Close will be built.
  • Planned around it: Chencharu Link, a 400 m bus-only road; a new park around a colonial-era bungalow; and a community avenue to the park near Khatib MRT. No opening dates were given in the sources reviewed.
  • HDB launched Chencharu Hills (June 2024) and Chencharu Grove (October 2025) as BTO projects beside the site, so expect the area to keep changing for some years.

This guide is for

  • Buyers who like a new neighbourhood taking shape around an established MRT town
  • Families who can live with building works nearby for some years

It is not for

  • Buyers who want a finished, settled street from day one

What you need to decide

  • Which plans you'd actually use: the bus interchange, the hawker centre, the park
  • How long you'd live there, compared with how long the estate takes to finish
  • Whether building works nearby would bother your household

Step by step

  1. 1

    What HDB has planned

    The 2024 masterplan in plain terms

    In June 2024 HDB unveiled its plan for Chencharu: a 70-hectare area bounded by Yishun Avenues 1 and 2 and Sembawang Road, with around 10,000 new homes by 2040, at least 80% of them public housing. Along a new east-west community avenue sits a mixed-use development with a bus interchange, a hawker centre and shops.

    That's the plan for the whole estate, built in phases. Read it as a neighbourhood taking shape over many years, not something finished when your home is.

  2. 2

    The integrated development

    The site sold in September 2025

    HDB sold the mixed-use site at Chencharu Close in September 2025 to a group of Evia MCS, Gamuda (Singapore) and H108, the top of three bids. It's 29,450 sq m on a 99-year lease, for a commercial and residential development integrated with a bus interchange and a hawker centre. HDB estimated about 875 homes; Gamuda's page says up to 875, with up to 12,600 sq m of commercial space.

    No launch date or price has been announced. A Bernama report of Gamuda's filing with Bursa Malaysia, republished on Gamuda's website, says the project is expected to be completed within 84 months of the tender's acceptance; that's an expectation, and no TOP date has been published. The name Chencharu Central Residences is used in the developer's material for agents; Gamuda's public page still calls it Chencharu Close.

  3. 3

    Open now, being built, planned

    Separating the three

    The station, the neighbourhood park, HomeTeamNS Khatib, Yishun Stadium and Khatib Central are all in use today. Chencharu Hills and Chencharu Grove, BTO projects HDB launched beside the site in June 2024 and October 2025, are on their way. The bus-only road, the new park and the community avenue are planned; no opening dates were given in the sources reviewed.

    When you visit, ask which of these you'd use and when each will be there. A plan you'd enjoy in ten years matters less than what's open when you collect your keys.

    Around Chencharu: open, being built, planned
    Khatib MRT, neighbourhood park, HomeTeamNS, Khatib CentralOpen nowHDB names them as existing (Jun 2024)
    Ground-Up InitiativeMoved next to HomeTeamNS KhatibIts own site lists 11 Chencharu Close
    Chencharu Hills (HDB, 1,277 flats)BTO launched June 2024Estimated waiting time of 44 to 45 months at launch (HDB)
    Chencharu Grove (HDB, 826 flats)BTO launched October 2025Estimated waiting time of 31 months at launch (HDB)
    The development at Chencharu Close: homes, shops, hawker centre, bus interchangeLand sold Sep 2025; not launchedNo launch date; a report of Gamuda's filing expects completion within 84 months of the award (not a TOP date)
    Chencharu Link, a 400 m bus-only roadPlannedNo date in the sources reviewed
    New park with the colonial-era bungalowPlannedNo date in the sources reviewed
    Community avenue to the park near Khatib MRTPlannedNo date in the sources reviewed
    About 10,000 homes in Chencharu, at least 80% public housingPlanned, in phasesHDB: by 2040
    Khatib Nature CorridorUpcoming green spaces (NParks)Trails to be curated; no routes or dates published

    Source: HDB Unveils Masterplan for Chencharu (press release, June 2024) (Housing & Development Board), June 2024. Extracted 21 Oct 2026.

    Statuses as read on 21 October 2026. A plan without a date can change or move.

  4. 4

    Heritage and greenery

    The bungalow and the new park

    HDB is keeping an approximately 100-year-old, two-storey colonial-era bungalow, a plantation house likely built in the early 1910s by the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Company, and adapting it for community use within a new park, with lawns, hard courts, a therapeutic garden, playgrounds and a heritage trail. A community avenue will run east-west, linking the new park to the existing park near Khatib MRT.

    Further afield, NParks describes the Khatib Nature Corridor as a series of upcoming green spaces, including an extension of Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. NParks says nature ways and trails through Lower Seletar Reservoir and the Khatib area will be curated, but it hasn't published routes or dates, so don't count on a path from the site yet.

  5. 5

    Getting around as the estate grows

    Buses, the bus-only road and the MRT

    Chencharu Link will be a new 400 m north-south road through the estate reserved for buses, and the new bus interchange is planned within the development itself. Khatib MRT on the North-South Line is already there, and it's the rail connection to plan around: don't assume another station from the estate plans.

    What's around the site today, with distances and a map: daily life near Khatib. What to check before choosing a unit: choosing a home in an integrated development.

Common mistakes

  • Reading 'at least 80% public housing' as a promise about private-home prices.
  • Treating the nature corridor as a finished trail from the site before NParks publishes its routes.
  • Assuming every planned amenity arrives with the development, or by a particular year.

Analysis · opinion

James's practical view

The way I see Chencharu, you are buying into the first chapter of a new neighbourhood: a station that's already there, and a hawker centre, bus interchange, park and new homes being added around it. That can be a good place to be early, as long as you're comfortable with the building works that come with it.

I'd treat the plans as a bonus, not the reason to buy. Decide on what's open when you'd move in, and enjoy whatever arrives after that.

Questions to ask your bank, lawyer or agent

  1. 1.The developer: which parts of HDB's plan sit inside the development, and when does each open?
  2. 2.HDB or the town council: when are the bus-only road and the new park expected?
  3. 3.James: which of these plans matter for my family, and which don't?

Seen in practice

Case studies and videos where this decision came up.

Case study

635B Senja Road to Copen Grand: buying an EC while still living in the HDB flat

HDB flat, 635B Senja Road, Bukit Panjang; next home an executive condominium at Copen Grand, Tengah

  1. Step 1: Challenge

    So the sale had to meet the bridging loan's timeline, while the family still needed somewhere to live until Copen Grand was ready.

  2. Step 2: Strategy

    The bridging loan's timeline set when the flat had to be sold.

  3. Step 3: Result

    The flat was sold for S$642,000.

Read the case study

Frequently asked questions

How many homes will Chencharu have?

HDB plans around 10,000 new homes by 2040, of which at least 80% will be public housing.

Which MRT station serves Chencharu?

Khatib MRT on the North-South Line, across the park from the site. The estate plans reviewed here add a bus interchange and a bus-only road, so plan around Khatib rather than a future station.

Is the heritage bungalow open to the public?

Not yet. HDB plans to adapt it for community use within a new park; no opening date was given in the sources reviewed.

Limitations

Plans can change, and timings differ by part. HDB gave estimated waiting times when it launched Chencharu Hills (44 to 45 months, June 2024) and Chencharu Grove (31 months, October 2025); 2040 is its figure for the estate as a whole. The integrated development, community avenue, new park and bus-only road had no confirmed opening dates in the sources reviewed on 21 October 2026.

Sources

  1. 1.
    HDB Unveils Masterplan for Chencharu (press release, June 2024)

    Housing & Development Board · Period: June 2024 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    70 ha; around 10,000 homes by 2040, at least 80% public housing; integrated development; bungalow and new park; Chencharu Link; community avenue.

  2. 2.
    HDB Launches Sale Site at Chencharu Close (press release)

    Housing & Development Board · Period: Launched for tender 26 Sep 2024 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    About 875 homes; bus interchange and hawker centre.

  3. 3.
    Mix residential sites sold by HDB (list dated 14 January 2026)

    Housing & Development Board · Period: List dated 14 Jan 2026 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Awarded 26 Sep 2025; tenderers; site area; 99 years; 3 bids.

  4. 4.
    Chencharu Close (project page)

    Gamuda Land · Period: Read 21 Oct 2026 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Up to 875 homes; 12,600 sq m of commercial space.

  5. 5.
    Chencharu Hills sales brochure (June 2024 BTO)

    Housing & Development Board · Period: June 2024 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Chencharu Link, 400 m bus-only road; heritage trail.

  6. 6.
    Chencharu Grove sales brochure (October 2025 BTO)

    Housing & Development Board · Period: October 2025 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Dedicated bus-only corridor.

  7. 7.
    June 2024 BTO sales exercise, Annex A

    Housing & Development Board · Period: June 2024 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Chencharu Hills: 1,277 flats; estimated waiting time 44 to 45 months.

  8. 8.
    October 2025 BTO sales exercise, Annex A

    Housing & Development Board · Period: October 2025 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Chencharu Grove: 826 flats; estimated waiting time 31 months.

  9. 9.
    Nature corridors and nature ways

    National Parks Board · Period: Last updated 15 Jun 2026 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Khatib Nature Corridor: a series of upcoming green spaces; nature ways and trails to be curated.

  10. 10.
    Ground-Up Initiative

    Ground-Up Initiative · Period: Read 21 Oct 2026 · Extracted 21 Oct 2026

    Address: 11 Chencharu Close.

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General information only, not financial, legal or tax advice. Figures reflect the data period shown and may since have changed; your own circumstances will differ. Full disclaimer.

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